| 单词 | ancestor |
| 例句 | But he feared what would happen when he returned to Minneapolis and there was no ancestor rock, no soaking pond, and no totem. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Go far enough back, and the ancestors of each of us were Ask and Embla. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Legend has it that the pirate Dog Breath stole it all from our noble ancestor Angel Vengador Leones, who was a brave buccaneer.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z All cats, for example, from the smallest house kitten to the most ferocious lion, share a common feline ancestor who lived about 25 million years ago. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. and Mrs. K had lived by the dead sea for twenty years, and their ancestors had lived in the same house, which turned and followed the sun, flower-like, for ten centuries. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, when our predecessors at the Bureau inserted ‘corrected’ genes into your ancestors, they also included a genetic tracker, which is basically something that shows us that a person has achieved genetic healing. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “This is the river reed that your ancestors used in their ascent. We are at the entrance of the Third World.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “When your ancestors traveled from the Third World, they had to overcome four obstacles before the trials of the Fourth World.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z My sister Ferula helped me get closer to the del Valle family by uncovering distant links between our ancestors and theirs, and seeking out every opportunity to greet them as they came out of mass. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Like most people, Americans want to think well of themselves, their ancestors, their history, and what they and their leaders do. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I realize all of them, created in a lab to be homogenous, can’t feel a connection to any ancestors. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z On this day, your thoughts must be clear as you prepare to think about your ancestors. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the Russian Revolution, about 80 percent of the population were peasants who worked in the fields like their medieval ancestors. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Two cows for a man’s life? Two cows for depriving someone of becoming an ancestor? Is it any wonder his spirit has returned in the form of a leopard?” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You must travel to the other side, into the land of your ancestors, to find each other again.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z When two strangers in a tribal society want to trade, they will often establish trust by appealing to a common god, mythical ancestor or totem animal. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z That trail leads straight back to the time before we ever lived, and into that deep well it’s easy to cast curses like stones on our ancestors. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For decades most researchers believed manioc, like maize, had no wild ancestor; the crop was thought to have arisen from a chance combination of several relatives. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z An ancestor was cursed ... it showed up in her. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z South America had only one such ancestor, which gave rise to the llama and alpaca. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “That is an investigation into the class status of your ancestors and all members of your family.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Incredibly, some of the last inscriptions are gibberish, as if scribes had lost the knowledge of writing and were reduced to meaningless imitation of their ancestors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The same held true for my ancestor’s crew in Plymouth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Cole was still chuckling about his dizzy ancestors. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z But how did the common ancestor change to create humans and apes? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, after carrying his ancestor rock up the hill, Cole rolled his anger away, then sat down to think. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “Sh. Sh. Someone might hear us. If I go to my ancestors before we meet again, my spirit will come to you in a dream. I promise it.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My ancestor, and this is the inheritance she passed to me: freedom from the factions, and the knowledge that my Divergent identity is more important than I could have known. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Your ancestors have watched over you, little Disaster, but this time it was I who aided you. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Purebom heard her pleas from the great wooden seats of their ancestors, rising in curved tiers from a marble floor to a high-domed ceiling painted with scenes of Qarth's vanished glory. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We can imagine our ancestors gazing idly up on some night a hundred thousand years ago and noting a strange cloud arising from the unilluminated part of the Moon, suddenly struck by the Sun’s rays. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s okay, I don’t have time right now. I’m Haley Daley. My ancestors were Irish, okay? So can we skip the history lesson and...” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “Where does the time go?” cried Mother as the ancestor clock in the hall announced that it was eight-thirty. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I will tell this child of her ancestors and her grandparents and tell her the stories my father told me. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s out of my hands. They all think the ancestors sent you, and Garikayi has forbidden me to open the gate.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Gog’s ancestors couldn’t even count up to two, and they certainly did not need zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “I’m skipping my soak this morning,” Cole said, “because I don’t have any dry clothes to change into. But I’ll still carry the ancestor rock.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z As they crossed over, the ancestors played mbiras and drums from the depths of the water, and after they had passed, the river came together again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy once told me there’s a rage passed down to every black man from his ancestors, born the moment they couldn’t stop the slave masters from hurting their families. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Instead, we find two sets of African crops whose wild ancestors occur just south of the Sahara, and which are adapted to summer rains and less seasonal variation in day length. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “These belonged to our ancestors. Grandma thought they were too nice to throw away, so we kept them in the bottom of this chest.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice tumbled around inside my head as she slowly circled the ghostly ancestors, humming and rattling her beads. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Don’t believe tree-huggers who claim that our ancestors lived in harmony with nature. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Each of these worlds was a kind of shrine—an interactive tribute to the OASIS’s earliest ancestors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Harry was sure they were enjoying a private joke, undoubtedly about what they knew, or suspected, regarding their gang leader’s famous ancestor. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Their ancient ancestors had found the Galapagos Islands so pleasant that they had not returned north. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “There is resilience in your blood too. The willpower to endure seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Though your ancestors were once slaves, their descendants fought for equal rights.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She started to say something, but the ancestors broke their ghostly huddle and returned to their floating semicircle. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Contemporary Mayan people live today throughout the lands of their ancestors. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The Jomon language of Kyushu may instead have shared a common ancestor with the Austronesian language family, which includes Polynesian and Indonesian languages and the Aboriginal languages of Taiwan. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But even if it had looked different, Hrdlicka said, that wouldn’t be enough to prove that the ancestors of Indians walked New Jersey thousands of years ago. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We continue to share with our remotest ancestors the most tangled and evasive attitudes about death, despite the great distance we have come in understanding some of the profound aspects of biology. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Only seventy million years ago their ancestors were carnivorous mammals who migrated in slow steps from the land into the ocean. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And Mom’s ancestors, who encouraged her resilience, battles for justice. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “But think of the enormous, immeasurable durations it can give you out of time. Every soma-holiday is a bit of what our ancestors used to call eternity'.” John began to understand. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Man, how long did your ancient ancestor work on this project down here?” remarked Kojo, admiring the carefully crafted corridor of stone. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, some of ’em are the ancestors of us shadowshapers, some are just other folks that passed on and then became spirits. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “We are Peñas. Everything we do from this moment on will bring great pride or great sadness to our ancestors.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z My ancestor is marching behind Susan B. Anthony who is leading a group to the polls in Rochester. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s one thing to conclude that groups of people living in circumstances pretty similar to their ancestors’ act a lot like their ancestors. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “I know. This is how our ancestors must have felt,” I said as I sped up to walk beside the wagon. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I happen to regard the Laughing Man as some kind of super-distinguished ancestor of mine—a sort of Robert E. Lee, say, with the ascribed virtues held under water or blood. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “In ancient times, the House of Hades was a major site for Greek pilgrims. They would come to speak with the dead and honor their ancestors.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Plump, translucent lizards lived behind old pictures, and waxy, crumbling ancestors with tough toe-nails and breath that smelled of yellow maps gossiped in sibilant, papery whispers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ll then consider how the ancestors of microbes now confined to us transferred themselves from their original animal hosts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They both hailed from Indiana, and they both had Quaker ancestors. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z His skinniness made him seem even more like a messenger from the world of the ancestors. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Do you guys want to carry the ancestor rock with me?” he asked, as he wiped dry with his undershirt. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “Powerful Spirit of the magistrate my worthless ancestors angered! My brother and I were sent to you as the sacrifice you demanded.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Our household was not Christian; my father insisted that we worship only the tribal gods of his ancestors. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to black pride on Dad's side of the family, it's easy to imagine a strong, passionate African woman as one of my ancestors. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Our ancestors saw what war does to human beings. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Humans, like chimps, have social instincts that enabled our ancestors to form friendships and hierarchies, and to hunt or fight together. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "I am very old now,” he said, "and my ancestors are now calling me. I can hear their voices. They are saying that it is time for me to go.” The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z A long time before this my ancestors had used the cave, why I do not know, and along the walls on each side they had cut figures in the stone. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes she wished that her ancestors had stayed to fight it out with the Mud People. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z To understand our nature, history and psychology, we must get inside the heads of our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We unconsciously retrace the thoughts of our remote ancestors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Cows, pigs, dogs, cats, and chickens have thrived, while their wild ancestors have almost disappeared. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Frightful doesn’t have such a word in her vocabulary, but then her ancestors were never pestered by flies as were Slats’s. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And why did the ancestors hide their jars inside a well, anyway? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I thought of all the ancestors waiting at the water’s edge for their stolen children to come home. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The wild ancestors of the Ancient Fourteen were spread unevenly over the globe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Only a few relatives knew that two generations before, the name had been Doufinakas, but his Greek ancestor George, as far as Dell was concerned, had done the right thing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z This child carries the spirit of my mother, Amari realized suddenly, as well as the essence of her father, little Kwasi, the murdered people of her village, and the spirits of all of her ancestors. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Will you stop that! Look, your ancestors survived that era—survived it with fewer advantages than you have. You’re no less than they are.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Your father says it’s never too early to learn the songs and dances of your ancestors. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Each day he kept busy cooking, carving, soaking in the pond, fishing, carrying the ancestor rock, washing clothes, doing schoolwork, and cutting firewood. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The word of the ancestors is pulled into trees and men, Nelson explained, and this allows them to stand and live as muntu. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He likes to hunt— some killer instinct left over from his ancestors who ran around in loincloths in the Congo. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Honored ancestors, we must return Nyame’s Story Box to its rightful place. Let the warriors of MidPass take it back, find Anansi, and make their homes safe again. We would want the same for ourselves.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Did your parents ever talk about ancestors in London?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Vonetta was only too happy to transform her face and her voice into Miss Trotter’s to retell the story of our oldest known ancestor, Augustus the runaway. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Because the artifacts were crudely made, Abbott believed that they must have been fashioned not by historical Indians but by some earlier, “ruder” group, modern Indians’ long-ago ancestors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Grandfather clauses allowed whites to vote even if they couldn’t meet the requirements, as long as their ancestors had been able to vote. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Our ancestors worshiped the Sun,' and they were far from foolish. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z How else could they afford to buy wives for their sons and insure that they would eventually become ancestors? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His ancestors must have felt this way before a big hunt. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “He was my ancestor, a Greek prince, an Argonaut. He died fighting Hercules.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The ancestors were telling her something was wrong, or perhaps they merely wanted her to stop putting off her trip to Zimbabwe. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My voices would have been seen as the voices of ancestors imparting wisdom. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “The elders discuss the problem, and if they can’t work it out, they ask the Spirit Medium. He’s in direct contact with the ancestors.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The sole exceptions would have been Mexico and Peru, where the Maya and the ancestors of the Inka were crawling toward the foothills of Civilization. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Our ancestors ate them, but our ancestors’ wives had to kill them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The ancestor in front was a thin older man, with a heavily beaded blanket across one shoulder, short curly hair, and a stern expression. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She was the woman in the video, Edith Prior, my ancestor. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Now she belonged to the spirits and would dwell in the land of her ancestors forever. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps this is exactly why our ancestors wiped out the Neanderthals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There are three pieces of evidence that weaken the climate alibi, and implicate our ancestors in the extinction of the Australian megafauna. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The Roman Republic reached the height of its power in the first century BC, when treasure fleets from throughout the Mediterranean enriched the Romans beyond their ancestors’ wildest dreams. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt his sister had been insulted when she was forced to marry a blind king, and for that he swore destruction on your ancestors. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Those kofun that have been excavated contain lavish burial goods, but excavation of all of the largest ones is still forbidden because they are believed to contain the ancestors of the Japanese imperial line. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “But wait a second—why didn’t your uncle or one of those other ancestors dig up the treasure if they all knew where it was hidden?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z After all, his ancestors are from Africa, like those of the son-in-law she used to resent so much. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The rock became his ancestor rock as he walked in circles. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “They were pirates. They stole stuff. My ancestor stole it last!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She thinks of her ancestors, those fair-skinned Conquistadores arriving in this new world, not knowing that the gold they sought was this blazing light. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She had her ulo and needles, her sled and her tent, and the world of her ancestors. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The book met with mixed reviews—some people were, of course, angry at the argument that humans and animals have a common ancestor. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This creature was the ancestor of all the giants, and it called itself Ymir. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The baron and his family —all of his family—were knocking their heads on the floor in front of their ancestors and thanking the gods out loud for protecting them from conscription. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They thereby enjoyed ample time to evolve a fear of humans, as our ancestors’ initially poor hunting skills slowly improved. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She assumed Mother’s spirit hovered near her grave, as the other ancestors did, but what if her body had been carried off by a leopard? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry,” he apologized to the unknown ancestor who had patiently made the quilt. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He improved the air pump, which was later to revolutionize the mining industry, and the “magic lantern,” the ancestor of the slide projector. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The ancestors of most of the founder crops have wild relatives, in the Fertile Crescent and elsewhere, that would also have been suitable for domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Using glottochronology he estimated that the ancestors of Aleuts had crossed the strait around 2000 b.c. and that the ancestors of Na-Dene had made the journey around 7000 B.C. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Murals depicted her ancestors as powerful god-rulers who presided over a rich land. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z A monkey did not become a man; monkeys and men had a common ancestor. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Were they ancestors of Earth Men ten thousand years removed? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z To call that feeling racial is to hand over all those diamonds, fashioned by our ancestors, to the plunderer. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Our nomadic ancestors must have felt an affinity for the planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We will finish the work of Your Majesty’s great ancestor King Degravaunt, killing most of the goblins and burning the world free of evil forever. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She and Wu Tsing had been joined in tyandi, heaven and earth, so theirs was a spiritual marriage arranged by a matchmaker, ordered by his parents, and protected by the spirits of their ancestors. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z People and apes must be related, and if so, they must have a common ancestor. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was also the age that I was asked, as part of a church assignment, to learn about one of my ancestors. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Every evening before Voyager l’s encounter with Jupiter, I could see that giant planet twinkling in the sky, a sight our ancestors have enjoyed and wondered at for a million years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Our remote ancestors followed the game, moved with the food supply, and fled from evil weather, from ice and the changing seasons. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re Scottish and English. I have an ancestor who came over on the Mayflower.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Something more awful than all our African ancestors is rising with the seas. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Like all his kind, however, the young dog hated and feared the wolf with some deep primeval instinct which must have had its origin in those mists of time when they shared a common ancestor. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Britain, home of my ancestor Billington, was empty until about 12,500 B.C., because it was still covered by glaciers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I suppose your ancestors often entertained royalty at Manderley, Mr. de Winter?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z This is the principle for which our ancestors fought in the valleys of Pennsylvania. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Do they even know where their ancestors came from? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Humans have lived in Africa far longer than anywhere else: our remote ancestors originated there around 7 million years ago, and anatomically modern Homo sapiens may have arisen there since then. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He invited our new neighbors, and my father stood up during the ceremony and said, “I pray to the gods and ancestors that my family will always be together.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z There can be no doubt that the overwhelming majority of present-day Muggles refuse to believe in the magical beasts their ancestors so feared. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I must admit that my body moved with surprising agility; I am not without an innate sense of rhythm; my ancestors must have been rather outstanding at jigging on the heath. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny didn’t have the patience for raising children, so when Eliza died, he took them all back to Clover, Virginia, where his family still farmed the tobacco fields their ancestors had worked as slaves. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z However, when we find evidence that the same wild ancestor was domesticated independently in different areas, we infer that the crop spread too slowly to preempt its domestication elsewhere. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Our own day-to-day survival may no longer depend on our ability to sing, but our ancient ancestors were on to something that applies to modern lives, too. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z When these amateurs heard that the ancestors of Indians must have come to the Americas thousands of years ago, a surprising number of them decided to hunt for the evidence that would prove it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Down in the basement are the functions our remote ancestors mainly depended on— aggression, child-rearing, fear, sex, the willingness to follow leaders blindly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our ancestors risked their lives to cross the ocean, to escape those socialist countries. And what do you do? You turn around and go back?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Shush orders were an arcane type of magic, something their ancestors had used to keep dissenters quiet back when only the wealthiest had any rights. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The wild ancestors of our wheat and barley crops look so similar to the crops themselves that the identity of the ancestor has never been in doubt. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They had grown up together in the old village that both of their ancestors, with their work and their good habits, had transformed into one of the finest towns in the province. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Because these people dared not kill me, for my ancestors were jealously protecting me, they had resorted to do the next best thing to murder—blind me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Those ancestors walked into the gathering as legal property and emerged as free citizens of the United States of America. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Christianity and totemism and ancestor worship . . . extinct languages, such as Zuni and Spanish and Athapascan . . . pumas, porcupines and other ferocious animals . . . infectious diseases . . . priests . . . venomous lizards ...” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think the ancestors can speak to us in this place?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of living right next to people whose ancestors knew your ancestors, you were thrown in with people about whom you knew nothing. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Dadi was afraid of the voice mail feature on our landline, but sure, messages coming through water from our ancestors she had no problem with. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Never be ashamed of where you come from, or the stories your ancestors bring to you. Make them your own.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “We are Peñas. Everything we do from this moment on will bring great pride or great sadness to our ancestors.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Four thousand years ago I should have found their ancestors living in the same place, in the same kind of house. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Each day I pray as my ancestors did. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z My mother put a pillow on the floor before the ancestors. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She seemed to have no qualms about disturbing the ancestors. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z After dressing, Cole walked to where Edwin’s ancestor rock had stopped when it rolled down the slope the day before. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I needed some grounding of my own, such as Woody had found when he went to commune with her and with our ancestors in Ka-ke. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Plant domestication may be defined as growing a plant and thereby, consciously or unconsciously, causing it to change genetically from its wild ancestor in ways making it more useful to human consumers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Our ancestors were so stupid and short-sighted that when the first reformers came along and offered to deliver them from those horrible emotions, they wouldn’t have anything to do with them.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no human ancestor and he was himself only half human. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Taran came to his senses on a pile of dirty straw, which smelled as though Gurgi and all his ancestors had slept on it. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z It was as though the place was filled with the presence of her ancestors. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For his successors, in fact, the main task was not to discover whether Indians’ ancestors had walked over from Eurasia, but which Europeans or Asians had done the walking. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z My great-great-grandparents emigrated to America at the turn of the twentieth century; any relatives of mine who died in the Holocaust were cousins of ancestors I never knew. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z His ancestors had lived in a completely different way, so how could he speak so convincingly of Tendai’s ancestors? The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z What games did our Stone Age ancestors play in the arena of history? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Today few Christians would endorse this argument, but that doesn’t make it any easier to assign the correct degree of blame to their ancestors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The cause of all the misfortunes was held to be an ancestor, a King of Lydia named Tantalus, who brought upon himself a most terrible punishment by a most wicked deed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “One time my daddy saw his ancestor who’d been dead a hundred years,” I said, stubborn. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Languages became different species, retaining enough resemblance to an original ancestor so that the family resemblance can still be seen. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In contrast, the wild ancestors of most Southwest Asian crops and animals were absent from western Europe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For a minute she allowed herself to hang deep underwater, floating somewhere between utter desolation and euphoria, all alone and yet surrounded by the hands of a million murmuring ancestors. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The mud^imu of the Matsika clan would possess him and give Father advice from the ancestors. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I waited until the Amagqirha had made a full circle around the gathered ancestors. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z One theory is that our brains evolved because our primate ancestors began to engage in more sophisticated food gathering: instead of just eating grasses and leaves they began eating fruit, which takes more thinking power. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But praise be to the ancestors, Mr. and Mrs. Tanaka had Saturday errands. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Particular places might hold spiritual or religious significance for any Indigenous nation, such as a place mentioned in an origin story or where ancestors are buried. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z So to walk down the main street was to walk between the graves of our ancestors. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “If this small part of my journey is to give everyone else a chance, then that is what will make our parents and ancestors proud.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z One set consists of plants whose ancestors are widely distributed from west to east across the Sahel zone and were probably domesticated there. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But over time my eyes and ears adjusted, so that I began to feel at home with those fragments of my people’s history: stories of pioneers, my ancestors, striking out across the American wilderness. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The only other significant addition to our ancestors’ cultural repertoire that can be documented with confidence around that time was the use of fire. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘The ghosts in San Juan . . . they were my ancestors.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z One became the ancestor of all chimpanzees, the other is our own grandmother. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z After all these years, I was home again, standing on the soil of my ancestors. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The villagers who had lived in the Zambezi Valley dug up the bones of their ancestors and carried them to new places beyond the edge of the lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Taller than Uncle Turu by a head, it had protected and fertilized our crops and received our prayers and sacrifices from the time of our ancestors. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Slowly Cole let go of his ancestors and allowed the stone to become his anger. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Just like Europeans in the Age of Honey, a Hindu was expected to do the work of his or her ancestors. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z In truth, though, she has demonstrated something of her ancestor’s flair for drama and controversy. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They kept moving us over the water, stealing us away from our ghosts and our ancestors, who cried salty rivers into the sand. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Surely, he thought, he and his sister had some ancestor, some lithe young man with onyx skin and legs as straight as cane stalks, who had a name that was real. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s when she called on her blood memory, her teachings, her ancestors. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “The memories of the ancestors, long buried within her, had emerged majestically. The other slaves looked up to the sky and saw Zalika flying, and the memories came flooding back to them as well. ‘ Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The paintings of her dead ancestors on the wall watched her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z So am I. You know my ancestors invented soccer in China over four thousand— You’re from Singapore, dude. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “We weren’t perfect, but we still had hope we’d make it across the universe and make our ancestors proud.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Somewhere inside me there must be an inherited wisdom from my ancestors since I can muster up the ability to play roles that offer guidance and strength. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z The ways in which domesticated animals have diverged from their wild ancestors include the following. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z If you dishonored your ancestors in some fashion, the only way to atone for that lapse was to consult with a traditional healer or tribal elder, who communicated with the ancestors and conveyed profound apologies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was not that much greater, which indicated that the ancestors of Amerind-speaking peoples came over at just about the time that Clovis showed up in the archaeological record. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I’d felt connected—to my ancestors, my past, and my future. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In that bedroom at night, that man, who had never raised his voice to me, unleashed the fury of three ancestors at me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “All those estrellas that will surround us out there, those are our dead ancestors. They will whisper messages in our ears.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, there are few certainties regarding the lives of our forager ancestors. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The uncultivated ancestors of other cereals resemble their domesticated descendants. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “If my ancestors knew how I have helped the emperor, they would be ashamed.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She looked at the ancestors on the stage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I do not search Mexican graveyards for ties to unnamable ancestors. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She sang to the ancestors and to the other slaves. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have to write about the places our ancestors came from,” he said. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He was talking to the gods or the ancestors; I remembered Aunty Ifeoma saying that the two could be interchanged. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z We have inherited many attitudes from our recent ancestors who wrestled this continent as Jacob wrestled the angel, and the pioneers won. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z "Not just one name. I was reciting the names of my ancestors, going back ten generations." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Franklin’s ancestors may have emigrated from Europe to escape oppressive rules, but colonial societies were still vastly more coercive and class- ridden than indigenous villages. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The Gule Wamkulu were said to be the spirits of our dead ancestors, resurrected from the afterworld and sent to roam the earth. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z All of us bore its taint—not because our distant ancestor had been tempted in that distant garden, but because each of us, lodged in Adam’s body, had actually tasted the fruit. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Joseph’s heart leapt at the idea that this all might be part of his family history . . . perhaps his ancestors really had been actors and artists! The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “These cards are more ancient than your Lotería. More powerful. They will help you reach your destination, the home of your ancestors.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z What is often called the strategy of nuclear deterrence is remarkable for its reliance on the behavior of our nonhuman ancestors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Pink thought I meant Papa saw his ancestor’s ghost. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Strength. Endurance. To survive, my ancestors had to put up with more than I ever could. Much more. You know what I mean.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In contrast, a domesticated animal is defined as an animal selectively bred in captivity and thereby modified from its wild ancestors, for use by humans who control the animal’s breeding and food supply. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z People send DNA samples to testing companies that promise to help them learn more about their ancestors. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Otherwise, all the remainder of Africa’s domestic mammals must have been domesticated elsewhere and introduced as domesticates to Africa, because their wild ancestors occur only in Eurasia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Brooke looked up and said quickly, “Young ladies in America love independence as much as their ancestors did, and are admired and respected for supporting themselves.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the door closed, Rosa hurled the bucket against the wall and cursed the doctor by all his ancestors. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I also learned that to neglect one’s ancestors would bring ill-fortune and failure in life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mitochondria are widely believed to descend from bacteria that long ago somehow became incorporated into one of our evolutionary ancestors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z From which tribe did her ancestors originate and what did she know of their constitutions? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The ancestors of wheat, rice, millet, and barley look like their domesticated descendants; because they are both edible and highly productive, one can easily imagine how the idea of planting them for food came up. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Our corn, or maize, has been bred for ten thousand generations to be more tasty and nutritious than its scrawny ancestors; indeed, it is so changed that it cannot even reproduce without human intervention. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Places where Crazy Horse and our ancestors also walked. We occupied the same space they did, saw the same kinds of plants, heard the same kinds of birds. The only thing separating us is time.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z In Kangik she would live as her ancestors had, in rhythm with the animals and the climate. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how ardently the giraffe’s ancestor stretched its neck, it could not convey that information into its genetic material. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A lot of young girls studied this in order to take part in the big obon festival held every August, a festival honoring dead ancestors, asking them to bring good crops in the fall. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time Cole dressed and carried the ancestor rock, the sun had peeked above the trees.Then he heard an unexpected noise: the unmistakable buzz of Edwin’s outboard engine floated over the trees. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z However, many parts of Eurasia did have quite a few of these 13 species living together in the same area: for example, seven of the wild ancestors occurred in Southwest Asia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z His words would take hold of me and lift me far away, to the sacred mountains and the hot jungles and the first conversations our ancestors had with the sun. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z His ancestors had walked in just such a valley. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I reached out, felt the presence of my family, my ancestors surrounding me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “In the old days, he committed horrible crimes. He used his gift of sight for evil. Jupiter sent the harpies to plague him. The Argonauts—including your ancestor, by the way—” “The prince of Pylos?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And I imagined our forebears a century ago, the ancestors Papa-Nnukwu prayed to, charging in to defend their hamlet, coming back with lolling heads on long sticks. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Surely my ancestors had slaves, but it is possible that yours caught them and sold them to us.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Tendai was certain some warlike ancestor would be delighted with his little brother when he was older. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z After a while, he said, “Do you honestly believe you traveled back over a century in time and crossed three thousand miles of space to see your dead ancestors?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you,” he whispered to the unknown ancestor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but also because the Indian people here were our ancestors. Because Sitting Bull was here, and Crazy Horse.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The ancestors were as much a part of the family as the children, and to abandon them would have been wicked beyond belief. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty million years ago, our immediate ancestors probably still lived in the trees, later descending because the forests receded during a major ice age and were replaced by grassy savannahs. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Without human inventiveness, all of us today would still be cutting our meat with stone tools and eating it raw, like our ancestors of a million years ago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Before I could insult the evangelists further, Limela said, “Mfundisi, I don’t need your God. My gods are the spirits of my ancestors.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps some key steps in the development of the genetic code, or the Cambrian explosion, or bipedal stature among our ancestors were initiated by cosmic rays. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Those ancestors of the whales who relied on these senses to locate a mate or a baby or a predator did not leave many offspring. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z You know that shirt you have that says, “I am my ancestor’s wildest dream”? That’s what I’m trying to do here; I’m changing the narrative. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The soldiers left the library, deposited the lead weights by the front door, and headed up to the second floor, knocking their shoulders against the paintings of the Lockton ancestors that lined the staircase. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z With everyone in the neighborhood taking on African names and trying to go back to Africa, I was anxious to learn more about the place of our ancestors. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z That was because Mary, Queen of Scots, is another of my illustrious ancestors. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Frank remembered the voice of his ancestor: At the break, you must take charge. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z That would be a fair supposition in the twenty- first century, but our hunter-gatherer ancestors wouldn’t have agreed. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The chief elder stood, and so did the rest of the ancestors, the Amagqirha’s humming chant still powering their ghostly presence. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z His back is long and straight, as if his ancestors were royal palms. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When those in the central plateau staged a rebellion—refusing to be treated as slaves—their insurrection was put down violently by Marine-supervised Haitian police, not unlike the French masters had done to their ancestors. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Finally, their wild ancestors required very little genetic change to be converted into crops—for instance, in wheat, just the mutations for nonshattering stalks and uniform quick germination. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Anthropology tells us and archaeology implies that our uncivilised ancestors could be red in tooth and claw; psychoanalysis seeks to persuade us that the savage in all of us lurks not far below the skin. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z After the prayer he sprinkled some water on the ground to invite the spirits of the ancestors. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “They have our ancestors’ names on display in a room. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Nathan imagined facing Mother Water Monster and remembered that she was set on drowning his ancestors. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “We have completed your American family tree. Let’s meet your first American ancestors!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z People who can comfort the dead can also chase after them to hurt them further—a reverse ancestor worship. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, changing the subject to Alex Haley’s Roots: That book tells us more about his difference from his illiterate, tribal ancestors than it does about his link to them. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no doubt...the voice that spoke to him was one of his ancestors. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Inscriptions, papyruses, books time-bind the human species and permit us to hear those few voices and faint cries of our brothers and sisters, our ancestors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That problem also derailed domestication of North American bighorn sheep, which belong to the same genus as Asiatic mouflon sheep, ancestor of our domestic sheep. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The Amagqirha held her beaded skirt off the floor and circled the stage in a half-run, keeping the ancestors connected to us as Abiyoyo chased her, stomping and clawing as he went. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Occasionally our ancestors would see a very bright star with a tail, glimpsed for just a moment, hurtling across the sky. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I came to the mound where my ancestors had sometimes camped in the summer. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z And there is a whole subgenre of ancestor research—sons and daughters flying to New York clutching scrapbooks, tracking down letters of indenture, photographs, birth certificates. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Do you think your mom would know when her ancestors came over?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Indeed the white missionaries—valiant men like Dr. Livingstone—heard the call and braved treacherous seas and jungles and disease to bring our ancestors Christianity. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z One of his ancestors was a Lakota Indian who went to fight the U.S. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Every Roman family had a Lar, who was the spirit of an ancestor, and several Penates, gods of the hearth and guardians of the storehouse. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the village priest enters, dressed in a brown cloak and carrying a shovel like our ancestor Adam. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I raised my hands and the ancestors grew silent. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Like an ancestor volume of Machiavelli’s The Prince, De Ora- tore is a treatise on statecraft that casts light on the idea of the state. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I learn that one of our owners is a Scientologist; another proudly claims descent from one of the same Scottish clans my own ancestors belonged to. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z From what I know about folks I think it’s more likely one of her ancestors stole it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “This knowledge was passed down from distant ancestors, from their days as kings and queens and healers in the heart of Africa. So listen carefully and—shhh—don’t tell anyone.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z One method is to examine a map of the geographic distribution of the crop’s or animal’s wild ancestor, and to reason that domestication must have taken place in the area where the wild ancestor occurs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Eager for some kind of human interest angle, Meryl quizzed her about her career high points, her Quaker ancestors, and her Riverbank years. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I don’t know how many times I prayed to God and my ancestors for protection. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Cuneiform writing, the remote ancestor of the Western alphabet, was invented in the Near East about 5,000 years ago. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the changes in seed dispersal, these changes in germination inhibition characterize wheat, barley, peas, and many other crops compared with their wild ancestors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Perhaps. Some of my ancestors have been heroes. Some have been villains. You saw the ghost with the gunshot wounds in the chest?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Then my spirit will haunt you when I join the ancestors.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z This is one of the great secrets, wrested from Nature through a million years of patient observation and courageous thinking by our ancestors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Help me,” said Tendai to the unknown ancestor who had owned it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Prior to the Civil War, when West Virginia was still part of the state of Virginia, these ancestors of mine were slaves on a plantation called The Bower, in Leetown, Virginia. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “It’s perfectly clear an ancestor waited in that mine for many years until he found a willing person to possess.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The other set consists of plants whose wild ancestors occur in Ethiopia and were probably domesticated there in the highlands. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z What the Collective doesn’t understand is by honoring the past, our ancestors, our cultures—and remembering our mistakes—we become better. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She was the shimmering culmination of all her ancestors’ strife, joyfulness, and struggle. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Soon I became as Americanized as my classmates—most of whom were two or three generations removed from their immigrant ancestors, and all of whom were children of middle-class parents. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We call people like Kofi American-African, not African-American, which is what we call our brothers and sisters whose ancestors were slaves.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His ancestors were Huguenots, refugees of a chained and bloody Europe. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The skeleton of our primate ancestors developed for millions of years to support a creature that walked on all fours and had a relatively small head. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Every two species that evolved from a common ancestor, such as horses and donkeys, were at one time just two populations of the same species, like bulldogs and spaniels. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The Ainu called themselves the Sky People because they said their ancestors came from the sky, just like my ancestors came from Tokyo. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It does not come from Aruba, the land of our ancestors. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I have a gift to deliver to him, a gemstone of unimaginable price, carved by your ancestors before your people crossed the Bonecruel Mountains into this land.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “If your black ancestors had felt that way, you wouldn’t be here,” said Kevin. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z So their ancestors sped through swamps where huge reptiles lived. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z This was the first giant step our medieval ancestors took as the year iooo loomed. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Mom’s unpopularity in a town her ancestors helped found. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Where waxy ancestors with tough toe-nails and breath that smelled of yellow maps whispered papery whispers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s my ancestor! I’m descended from the third brother! It all makes sense!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It was the reason my ancestors had come to America. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Pretend that rock is your ancestors,” said Edwin. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Our ancestors and those who were considered wise used to say that it was necessary to hold Pistoia by factions and Pisa by fortresses. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps I too might wield the same old power that animated the ancestors, that lived in Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Nanny, Cudjoe, Malcolm X, and speak—no, act—as though my body were my own. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The parents of a child provided, on average, half the content of that feature; the grandparents, a quarter; the great-grandparents, an eighth—and so forth, all the way back to the most distant ancestor. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z This time we were going to fight as warriors for the same United States that had treated our ancestors so cruelly. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tee, since when you start talking ’bout ancestors?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Our linguistic ancestors parlayed that incomprehension into euphemisms like passed on in which death consists of a journey to a remote location. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Now my ancestor rock becomes my anger,” Cole explained, setting the big rock down. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Maybe it was that somewhere, if you go back enough in history, everybody comes from ancestors who wandered around looking for refuge. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z In the country of his ancestors, they made him into a man. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Presumably they belonged to venerated ancestors whose beneficent presence was thus assured. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She had poured maheu to the ancestors only a few feet from here, and they had drawn near to watch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Generations of ancestors hurl accusations inside Ranee's mind. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Grandmother said I had gifts —some talent we got from our ancestor, the Argonaut. That, and my dad’s being Mars...” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z With his free hand, Ekon drummed his fingers against his side, finding an old rhythm as he chanted his ancestors’ words in time with it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Don’t be afraid, human youth. Several of your ancestors have used my back as a means of travel before. I know how to make your journey safe and prompt.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Our ancestors would never have had to seek outsiders for help.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She knew that her spirit wandered with the ancestors when she was asleep. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “For centuries, members of my family have served as noble knights, guarding the treasure our ancestors bequeathed to us.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z My ancestor was probably only No. 3, and there is a whisper of scholarly doubt about whether he deserves to be even that high on the list. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z By contrast, no wild maize ancestor has ever been found, despite decades of search. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z True, he belonged to that category of people whose ancestors had inhabited the Western Hemisphere for thousands of years. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Even if it’s just the five of us, I’ll share the stories I know from Lita’s mother and her mother’s mother...I will make sure the folklore of my ancestors soak into Sagan’s soil. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand what that means, though. Why hide a Poe book for his game when his ancestor hated the guy?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “What the hell is that supposed to prove! That I was hallucinating and weaving in the names of my ancestors? I’d like to give you some of this pain that I must still be hallucinating.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And your very oldest ancestor that we know of: he was the Prince of Pylos! The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Our ancestors built devices to measure the passing of the seasons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Horses and donkeys have a recent common ancestor and share many physical traits. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Amongst the tales they related to me were those of wars fought by our ancestors in defense of the fatherland. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Welcome to the Choosing Ceremony. Welcome to the day we honor the democratic philosophy of our ancestors, which tells us that every man has the right to choose his own way in this world.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “He is dead to you now. Just as your parents and your brother and my family are dead—gone to be with the ancestors.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I knew I could call on my ancestors for guidance at any time, even Gran. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z If so, they can be regarded as the ancestors of the animal divinities, and their half-human, half-animal cousins we shall meet throughout the Near East and Greece. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Membership was confined to women with at least one ancestor who had aided the cause of the Revolutionary War. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Another obvious difference between seeds that we grow and many of their wild ancestors is in bitterness. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Director Horus spins his staff until the whole sky is filled with the faces of my ancestors all at once. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Capping the brainstem is the R-complex, the seat of aggression, ritual, territoriality and social hierarchy, which evolved hundreds of millions of years ago in our reptilian ancestors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, we join our ancestors, hoping we left enough dreams behind for the next generation to stumble across.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He spoke to the unknown ancestor, explaining that this was one of his children. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Generations later, the female descendants of those unions should still have mitochondria identical to the mitochondria of their female Botocudo ancestors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Joy tells me that Emma Lazarus came from a Jewish family, and that her ancestors were immigrants from many places, and they too lost countries more than once, like in my family. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “His forebears are as dead as mine. Will Hizdahr raise their shades to defend Meereen against its enemies? I need a man with ships and swords. You offer me ancestors.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Well, I said I would visit you when I returned to my ancestors, so here I am. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He would be, of all, the mightiest, the most beloved, the Lord’s anointed; and he would live in this shining city which his ancestors had seen with longing from far away. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The family Bible and a huge dictionary with its own magnifying glass lay side by side next to a red plush album full of cramped formal portraits of my ancestors. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The next-to-last set of African crops arose from wild ancestors in the wet climate of West Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z My ancestor's desire to join them led to trumped-up murder charges for which he was executed—or, anyway, that’s what my grandfather told me. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It turns out that the earliest Fertile Crescent crops, such as the wheat and barley and peas domesticated around 10,000 years ago, arose from wild ancestors offering many advantages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As ages passed, people learned from their ancestors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After showing them the pond and the ancestor rock, Cole headed back toward camp. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Some of them had rather large brains, an upright posture and two little front legs very much like hands, which they used to catch small, speedy mammals—probably including our distant ancestors—for dinner. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The utopia that our ancestors could only dream of is our reality. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “If you wanted your ancestors to appear, you had to make an offering.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I will search for berries as my ancestors did upon the plains before hunting the buffalo,” Shanti said dreamily. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Her shelf had to do with a religion she’d made up for herself, a mixture of nature and ancestor worship. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z No area had all 13, and some of the wild ancestors were quite local, such as the yak, confined in the wild to Tibet and adjacent highland areas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He saw the unknown ancestor standing in a forest clearing, smelting red ore in a beehive oven. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The mighty sky river lowered breath by breath, its sacred light following a path it had known since before the time of the ancestors. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z And finally, on the outside, living in uneasy truce with the more primitive brains beneath, is the cerebral cortex, which evolved millions of years ago in our primate ancestors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "This tradition goes back to the very beginning of our islands, and to the onset of our civilization. For generations my ancestors have had the grand privilege to be guardians of our most treasured jewels." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Gods of your ancestors, boy! Have you learned nothing?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, but she must have me mistaken for someone else. Someone she knew when she was alive. Or maybe she knows my ancestors. Or maybe I will meet her in the future.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z My auntie, who had a very bad temper with children, told him he had no shou, no respect for ancestors or family, just like our mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z More quickly: The child who learns to read about his nonliterate ancestors necessarily separates himself from their way of life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank’s ghostly ancestor had urged him to take charge. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It didn’t mean her ancestors weren’t responsible for finding it, though. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The last thing Cole gave up was carrying the ancestor rock and soaking in the pond. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “But you don’t have anything to worry about. Root is...a part of my family, part of our history. A connection to the earth and our ancestors.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “There is the below world, the land of the past and our ancestors, home of the ground-dwelling fox, the toad, and the mighty serpent.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “I know this because that stonecutter was my ancestor! He passed his skill down from generation to generation to…” The man broke off and looked closely at Amah. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They weren’t lined up in a God-made hierarchy, either; they had all descended from the same remote ancestor. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His own remote ancestor, King Loren of the Rock, had tried to stand against the fire when he joined with King Mem of the Reach to oppose the Targaryen conquest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z To appreciate the changes that developed under domestication, just compare wolves, the wild ancestors of domestic dogs, with the many breeds of dogs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z My ancestors hadn’t lived and died on this land, hadn’t bled into its soil. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Before the altar, which was laden with offerings for the ancestors, Grandfather sat, telling stories to the very old and the very young. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z They lifted their canteens and drank to the old man’s family and ancestors, his many grand-children, his newfound life after death. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Suppose that, by chance, among the distant ancestors of this crab, one arose with a pattern that resembled, even slightly, a human face. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Adina saw no repeat of the mysterious lights, but she hunched closer to the fire, grateful for its light like some primitive ancestor. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t make me a racist. I’m not letting you guys guilt trip me like this. What’s next? You want me to apologize because my ancestors were slave masters or something stupid?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The smallest and oldest, he proclaimed, were maize’s true wild ancestor, which Indians had then crossed with Tripsacum to make modern maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I still don’t really know who the woman in black is—if she’s my guardian angel, if she’s an ancestor from my past or my future—but I know that she’ll always be with me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z "All my ancestors are Bengali. The two of you are Bengali." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand what that means, though. Why hide a Poe book for his game when his ancestor hated the guy?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The ultimate ancestors of all modern Polynesian populations shared essentially the same culture, language, technology, and set of domesticated plants and animals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Yet, as Fiedel conceded to me, the collapse of the Clovis consensus means that archaeologists must consider unorthodox possibilities, including that some other people preceded the ancestors of today’s Indians into the Americas. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He took Mother for a ride in his first automobile, some early ancestor of Foolish Carriage. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I dodged between ancestors, apologizing as I ran through their ghostly chairs and stools. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Most especially it was frightening when it recalled the Ruin, the end of the civilization of the ancestors. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If you go far enough back, we have a common ancestor. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This message had been embedded in the log-in sequence by James Halliday himself, when he’d first programmed the OASIS, as an homage to the simulation’s direct ancestors, the coin-operated videogames of his youth. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I am the only one in the family whose face is severely cut to the fine of ancient Indian ancestors. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The elders would tell tales of the wars fought by our ancestors in defense of the Fatherland, as well as the acts of valor by generals and soldiers during these epic days.. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The people of the area, many of whom had some connection with the university, could trace their ancestors to every continent, and just about every country in the world. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z In the subway, we imagined we were delving into the netherworld to fight monsters and to commune with the spirits of our ancestors. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The quick spread of the Fertile Crescent package preempted any possible other attempts, within the Fertile Crescent or elsewhere, to domesticate the same wild ancestors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Ng confides his worries about his ancestors. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Beer was what one generally offered the ancestors, but she hadn’t learned how to make it yet. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Nathan could deal with lackluster sandwiches and awful canned pasta, especially when comparing his discomfort to the struggles of his ancestor who had survived Hwééldi. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z One of the women arrested, Helena Hill Weed, was wearing a Daughters of the American Revolution pin decorated with bars that represented her fourteen ancestors who had given their lives in the fight. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The ancestor balanced his weapon, feeling how it became part of his arm, and he touched the ndoro to send a prayer to the spirit world— “You fool!” roared the She Elephant down the tunnel. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It was how the ancestors preferred to communicate. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was told about his ancestors and his family line. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Huge herds of reindeer and other large herbivores roamed the plains and valleys, preyed upon by the ferocious ancestors of today’s lions and tigers, as well as by our own ancestors. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t like when I heard the voices of my ancestors at the marsh. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In 1994 Neel and Wallace sifted through mitochondrial DNA from eighteen widely dispersed Indian groups, looking for mutations that had occurred since their common ancestors left Asia. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Please don’t leave me! I am afraid! Our ancestors said if the matter is not settled, they would begin the cycle of destruction.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z None of our ancestors, as far as I could tell from our distorted history, had ever been shackled and considered chattel, bred and traded like cattle, as the ancestors of the American black had been. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z However tentatively, the results indicated that the various Algonkian languages in New England all date back to a common ancestor that appeared in the Northeast a few centuries before Christ. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z My ancestor helped Vladimir create the spell you conjured to save yourself the other day. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The Roths have lived here since the 1800s, and half of the tombstones in the cemetery belong to their ancestors. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It’s only in the last century that modern society has been able to match the health of its hunter-gatherer ancestors. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The ancestors had been here, might be here even now, watching him pull out the remnants of their lives. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Art was born around 25,000 years ago, when the subhuman Neanderthal evolved into our human ancestor, Cro-Magnon man. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z “In fact, most of our ancestors were in Erudite. There were a few Abnegation outliers, and one or two Candor, but the through line is fairly consistent.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Chinese have that, too—ancestor worship, sweeping the graves in the springtime.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He is said to be another of my unlikely ancestors, and actually did hold court on my family’s estate from time to time. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Armed Services in enlisting the help of those of us who had loved this country long before the ancestors of the bilagaanaas came here. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I could accept him as my ancestor, my younger brother, my friend, but not as my master, and not as my lover. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She was someone important now, a future ancestor. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, spirits of my ancestors, prayed the daughter, no less fervently. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “As in, my ancestors? Those women were...related to me?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The Fertile Crescent’s biological diversity over small distances contributed to a fourth advantage—its wealth in ancestors not only of valuable crops but also of domesticated big mammals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Ultima told me the stories and legends of my ancestors. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Water is the word of the ancestors given to us or withheld, depending on how well we treat them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He spoke as though he wanted to leave nobody in any doubt that all his ancestors had abided strictly by the law. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Afterward, they found a second ancestor rock so both could roll their anger down the slope. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z His ancestors were all Americans; the only language they spoke was English. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I thought of what the scientist had written about our prairie dog ancestors, and I was worried. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It is not altogether a bad thing to have criminal ancestors. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z When I floated up and out of my body that first time, I understood what Doc had been telling me this entire time: Rootwork is a connection to my ancestors, my traditions, and my heritage. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Our family structures are larger and more inclusive; anyone who claims descent from a common ancestor is deemed part of the same family. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy wasn’t sure what the old seer had meant about Frank’s family history—his great-grandfather destroying camp, his Argonaut ancestor, and the bit about a burned stick controlling Frank’s life. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Our ancestors looked at the elegance of life on Earth, at how appropriate the structures of organisms are to their functions, and saw evidence for a Great Designer. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jake,” she said, “we need to save the school and whatever my ancestor buried underneath it.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Not that their parents were dead — they were not to make offerings to the pictures, as if their parents had become ancestors. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z My ancestors arrived in the Solo-Khumbu region fleeing from persecution in the lowlands. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Then Lee Chong sent his boxed and brittle grandfather over the western sea to lie at last in ground made holy by his ancestors. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Surrounding the R-complex is the limbic system or mammalian brain, which evolved tens of millions of years ago in ancestors who were mammals but not yet primates. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Why Samuel left the stone house and the green acres of his ancestors I do not know. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “These are your people,” he told the unknown ancestor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z How could you become an ancestor if you didn’t have children? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “And then our ancestor touched my mouth,” and I patted my cheek as if it already hurt. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your ancestor, Dog Breath, stole it in a mutiny from the real captain of the ship—my ancestor, the brave buccaneer Angel Vengador Leones!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Of the thousands of species that our ancestors hunted and gathered, only a few were suitable candidates for farming and herding. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z What did our ancestors believe the stars were? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I prompt Rani and she continues, "Spirits of my ancestors—tell me, will these men get away with this destruction?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Maybe you brought some of your ancestor back with you.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z But those southerners in the hallway study weren’t living in circumstances similar to their British ancestors. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It is a testament to Darwin’s scientific audacity that he was not particularly bothered by the prospect of human descent from apelike ancestors. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Bones of crocodiles, bones of ancient hippos and ancestors of elephants. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He could carry the ancestor rock and carve his own totem. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Perhaps, he thought, knowing how they lived would help him to understand more about the way our own Stone Age ancestors lived. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “I doubt her African and Taino ancestors feel like it’s ‘whatever,’” Tee said. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z A little shrine was built into the corner; Taisin saw the scroll listing ancestors’ names, a spray of dried flowers, a small pot of incense. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The guidepost of her ancestors, the North Star, would soon be visible and would point her way when the birds had all gone South. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, honored ancestors,” I said, bowing low. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Frankly, our ancestors don’t seem much to brag about, I mean, look at the state they left us in, with the wars and the broken planet. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “You always hear white people trying to minimize the size of the aboriginal populations their ancestors personally displaced,” according to Lenore Stiffarm, an ethnologist at the University of Saskatchewan. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And another voice sighed, If I go to my ancestors before we meet again, my spirit will come to you in a dream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The secretary and I were like Hamlet and Laertes in the final scene, where, because of harm done by one ancestor to another, we were bound to duel to the death. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your ancestor worked for a guy named Dog Breath?” said Jake. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The early farmers were at least as violent as their forager ancestors, if not more so. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z On this scroll it says that Sir Charles Baskerville had an ancestor called Sir Hugo Baskerville, who was a wild, profane and godless man. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Truly domesticated animals differ in various ways from their wild ancestors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A person had stepped out of nothingness and stood behind the ancestors, watching us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And he, the King of Gods and Men, had sworn to her that Aeneas should be the ancestor of a race who would some day rule the world. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “After all, the cabin boy is your ancestor. This treasure belongs to you and your family.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I knew that my ancestors had crossed the sea in their canoes, coming from that place which lay beyond. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Some are seeds that are planted when you are born, placed there by your father and mother and their ancestors before them. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “The dances, carving the totem, carrying the ancestor rock, touching the Spirit Bear, it was all the same thing—it was finding out who I really was.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Then somebody would bring up about Granny’s ancestors leading a wagon train from North Carolina, how they camped here on the ridge under some big sassafras trees while they were building their houses. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z On this particular June Sunday they rode up through the lanes between the drystone walls that Beryl’s laboring ancestors had built, and over the top of Highdown Rise, with mud up their bare shins. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z That provides part of the explanation why many crop plants have much bigger fruits than their wild ancestors do. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He thought of the faces of his ancestors turned toward the sky. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Our ancestors no longer had to live in the shadow of voracious reptiles. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The ancestors leaned close to one another and talked before coming to some decision. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then Amit and I would become a Bengali couple in an arranged marriage, playing the same roles as our parents and grandparents and Das and Sen family ancestors have for generations. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Is it too much to speculate that beneath the swirling tattoos, asymmetrically trimmed hair, and bedizened robes, you would recognize someone much closer to yourself, at least in certain respects, than your own ancestors? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “If this small part of my journey is to give everyone else a chance, then that is what will make our parents and ancestors proud.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Your ancestors owned slaves just like mine did. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We’ve thus seen that the difference between gigantic supermarket strawberries and tiny wild ones is just one example of the various features distinguishing cultivated plants from their wild ancestors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z His grandmother had always been big on honoring the ancestors. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I’ll tell you...I wouldn’t dare act as though they weren’t my ancestors. I wouldn’t let anything happen to them, the boy or girl, if I could possibly prevent it.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Other Austronesians managed to establish themselves in parts of southern Vietnam and Cambodia to become the ancestors of the modern Chamic minority of those countries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Technologically primitive peoples were considered evolutionary vestiges of human descent from apelike ancestors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z My ancestors had lived there for generations; in fact, for more than two hundred years. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z All that stands in the way of our assessment of our sixteenth- and seventeenth-century ancestors as cruel, barbaric monsters is what they produced in art, poetry, architecture and music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z They were the ancestors of the gigantic Saturn V moon rocket. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The peasant’s ancient ancestor, the forager, may have eaten berries and mushrooms for breakfast; fruits, snails and turtle for lunch; and rabbit steak with wild onions for dinner. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z First, do hunter-gatherers and incipient farmers really know well all locally available wild species and their uses, or might they have overlooked potential ancestors of valuable crops? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps one day it will be renamed by Native people whose ancestors lived at Cahokia. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Church leaders became focused on how far back a person’s ancestors had been Christian, believing that the longer a person’s Christian bloodline, the purer and cleaner it must be. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Calvin says, “Well, it is a holy cow. Sort of. It’s called an aurochs. It’s like an ox. Or the ancestor to our cattle. But the aurochs is extinct now. You know. Gone forever.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Instead I was left with a brawl of ancestors, a herd of dissenters, sometimes marching together but just as often marching away from each other. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z That each living thing was specially designed, that one species did not become another, were notions perfectly consistent with what our ancestors with their limited historical records knew about life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Surely, the eighty pole fighters, though unseen, would follow me and lead me and protect me, as is the wont of ancestors. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo made a final breakfast and scattered some of her precious mealie meal as a sacrifice to whatever ancestors might be present. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His ancestors waited in the shadows of the walled garden. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I knew that my own ancestors had been slaves in Virginia. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “I was a little worried when this boy didn’t know the proverbs, but it’s clear the ancestors have sent him. I vote he stays.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z We may no longer study or teach rhetoric in anything like the way our ancestors did, but many more of us rely much more heavily on it than ever before. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z My mother said a prayer before I left and entreated my ancestors to guide and protect me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever Grandmother started lecturing him about his ancestors—how they’d come over from China and prospered in the import/export business, eventually becoming one of the wealthiest Chinese families in Vancouver—well, it was boring. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “You’re stronger than you think, and you’re crazy smart. As my mom always says, ‘our ancestors fought too hard for us to give up now.’” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z One of my mom’s ancestors was on his crew. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z They only looked different on holidays, when girls decorated their family’s paths and thresholds with painted patterns called alpanas, just as their ancestors had done for generations. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Think, too, of Viking ancestors who sailed the great seas. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Again as we discussed above, the crop’s rapid spread preempted any possible further attempts to domesticate its relatives, as well as to redomesticate its ancestor. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “This morning, you’ll take time to meet your ancestors first,” Edwin said in his matter-of-fact voice. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “Our ancestors have taught us to share,” he once told me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In spite of the visible hostility of the family, Fernanda did not give up her drive to impose the customs of her ancestors. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The ancestors of modern speakers of Thai, Lao, and Burmese all moved south from South China and adjacent areas to their present locations within historical times, successively inundating the settled descendants of previous migrations. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It must come from paying attention to the ancestors, Tendai thought. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z For the next 50,000 years our ancestors flourished there without agriculture. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z For generations his ancestors had been bred to retrieve without harming, and there was nothing of the hunter in his make-up; as yet, any killing was abhorrent to him. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Proof that my ancestors walked that peak, watching and waiting, angels at their command. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “We turned off your nanites,” Scythe Volta said calmly, “so you could experience what our ancestors once did.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Just sixty-five million years ago our ancestors were the most unprepossessing of mammals—creatures with the size and intelligence of moles or tree shrews. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When we domesticated the ancestors of these plants and animals—sometimes creatures who looked quite different—we controlled their breeding. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t remember the country she’d said her name was from but I knew it was the land of our ancestors. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z This was the earliest ancestor of deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, the master molecule of life on Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Farther down was the green blur of another tree that his ancestors had planted to exit the flooding of this world. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “I am well, my son. What can an old man do but be well until he joins his ancestors?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z To Stirling and many of his successors, the Olmec seemed to have no peers or ancestors; they appeared fully formed, apparently from nowhere, like Athena springing from the brow of Zeus. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z When the light we see today from M31 left for Earth, there were no humans on our planet, although our ancestors were evolving rapidly to our present form. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Our earliest ancestors began to walk on two feet about four million years ago, but how they were using their hands remains unknown to us. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z To supporters of Darwin's recently published theory of evolution, the find proved that the ancestors of modern humans had lived during the Ice Ages, tens of thousands of years ago. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Seeking out common ancestors for similar types of instruments is in many cases complicated by the abundant exchange of commodities via trading routes that ran between Europe, North Africa and Asia. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “May your ancestors guide you. And remember—all of Alke is with you.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Just like me, someone, somewhere on Earth was his ancestor too. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They were peasants who had also been expelled from their hacienda, arriving as humbly as their ancestors of the preceding century to beg the patron to give them work in the coming harvest. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Great Leap Forward coincides with the first proven major extension of human geographic range since our ancestors’ colonization of Eurasia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Because grass-fed cows are eating the same diet as their wild ancestors. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In the decades that followed, extensive excavations revealed to increasingly intrigued eighteenth-century Europeans how sophisticated - and, to their consternation, how saucy - their ancient ancestors had been. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z |
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